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Translating the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for use in the workplace: Stakeholders and processes
Monday, November 2, 2015
: 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Mark G. Wilson, HSD,
Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, Workplace Health Group, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
David M. DeJoy, PhD,
Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, Workplace Health Group, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Phaedra Corso, PhD,
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH,
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Disease management is gaining importance in workplace health promotion given the aging workforce, rising chronic disease prevalence, and needs to maintain a productive/competitive American workforce. The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is an effective intervention that is widely offered in a variety of community settings; however, adoption remains low in workplace settings. Therefore, efforts have commenced to identify and overcome worksite implementation barriers, translate CDSMP for use in workplace settings, and improve work performance indicators while maintaining the program’s well-documented health-related effectiveness. In a coordinated effort to modify the program, four sets of stakeholders were engaged to provide recommendations about intervention refinement and translation: (1) 149 CDSMP Master Trainers completed an internet-delivered questionnaire, of which 11 also participated in in-depth interviews; (2) 44 employed adults with chronic conditions participated in one of five focus groups; (3) six content matter experts reviewed the CDSMP workshop and implementation manuals; and (4) the CDSMP program developers reflected about all collected data. Each stakeholder group was purposively selected for this process because of their unique insights related to the program as well as living and working with chronic conditions. Results were triangulated to identify common and unique recommendations for translating the program. Findings suggest the need for multifactorial modifications including changing the program structure/format (session length) and content (relevance to a younger, working audience) may improve adoption in worksites. Many lessons learned were identified during this coordinated process, which has implications for professionals attempting to translate existing interventions for use in new settings.
Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Occupational health and safety
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Identify four types of stakeholders (and their specific roles) engaged in the translation of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for use in workplace settings
Identify three processes used to collect data about stakeholders’ unique experiences with the intervention and/or living/working with a chronic condition
Describe the process used to triangulate data for modifying the intervention’s format and content
Describe three lessons learned about formative evaluation processes related to translating an existing program for adoption in new settings
Keyword(s): Workplace, Chronic Disease Management and Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a researcher, implementer, and evaluator of health-related programs/interventions for approximately 10 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
